LakeMeadChristianAcademy’sSummerReadingProgram
forallincoming10thGradestudents
PurposeStatement:
Numerousstudieshaveshownthelossoflearningoverthesummermonthscanbe
detrimentaltostudents’education.Moststudiesmaintainadifferenceoftwoyears
betweenstudentswhoreadoverthesummercomparedtothosewhodonot.
Providingstudentswiththeopportunitytoreadoverthesummerallowsafunway
forstudentsofallagestocombatthislearningslide.OurSumerReadingProgram
offersthefollowingbenefits:
Ø Studentsdiscoverthejoyofreading
Ø Studentspracticereading,writing,speakingskills
Ø Studentsexperiencechallengingenrichmenttopreparethemforthe
upcomingschoolyear
Ø Studentschoosefromavarietyofinteractiveactivitiesrelatedtotheir
reading
Ø Studentsinteractwithtextbyconversingwithparentswhoreadalong
withtheirstudent
Wehopethatthisprogramenrichesyourreadinglifeandpreparesyourstudentfor
futuresuccessinschool.
Requirements:Allincoming10thgradestudentswillreadthree(3)booksoverthe
summer.Onebookwillbeofthestudent’sownchoosing,onebookstudentswill
choosefromtheApprovedSummerReadingList(provided)andthefinalisthe
teacherchosenCodeTalkerbyJosephBruchac.Foreachbookcompleted,students
mustcompleteoneoftheassignmentoptionslisted.Thiswillconstituteatotalof
three(3)assignments.TheseassignmentswillbeduetotheirEnglishteacheron
thefirstdayofthe2015-2016schoolyear.Studentsshouldbepreparedtodiscuss
andcompleteactivitiesfortheteacherchosenbookonthefirstdayofclass.
10thGradeReadingList
TitleandAuthor
CodeTalkerby
JosephBruchac
(required)
Description
Afterbeingtaughtinaboardingschoolrunbywhitesthat
Navajoisauselesslanguage,NedBegayandotherNavajomen
arerecruitedbytheMarinestobecomeCodeTalkers,sending
messagesduringWorldWarIIintheirnativetongue.
ALongWayGone Thisishowwarsarefoughtnow:bychildren,hopped-upon
byIshmaelBeah drugsandwieldingAK-47s.Childrenhavebecomesoldiersof
choice.Inthemorethanfiftyconflictsgoingonworldwide,itis
estimatedthattherearesome300,000childsoldiers.Ishmael
Beahusedtobeoneofthem.
Whatiswarlikethroughtheeyesofachildsoldier?Howdoes
onebecomeakiller?Howdoesonestop?Childsoldiershave
beenprofiledbyjournalists,andnovelistshavestruggledto
imaginetheirlives.Butuntilnow,therehasnotbeenafirstpersonaccountfromsomeonewhocamethroughthishelland
survived.
InALongWayGone,Beah,nowtwenty-fiveyearsold,tellsa
rivetingstory:howattheageoftwelve,hefledattackingrebels
andwanderedalandrenderedunrecognizablebyviolence.By
thirteen,he'dbeenpickedupbythegovernmentarmy,and
Beah,atheartagentleboy,foundthathewascapableoftruly
terribleacts.
Thisisarareandmesmerizingaccount,toldwithrealliterary
forceandheartbreakinghonesty
TheLifeofPiby
LifeofPiisafantasyadventurenovelbyYannMartelpublished
YannMartel
in2001.Theprotagonist,PiscineMolitor"Pi"Patel,aTamilboy
fromPondicherry,exploresissuesofspiritualityand
practicalityfromanearlyage.Hesurvives227daysaftera
shipwreckwhilestrandedonaboatinthePacificOceanwitha
BengaltigernamedRichardParker.
TheCountof
Throwninprisonforacrimehehasnotcommitted,Edmond
MonteCristoby
DantèsisconfinedtothegrimfortressofIf.Therehelearnsofa
AlexandreDumas greathoardoftreasurehiddenontheIsleofMonteCristoand
hebecomesdeterminednotonlytoescape,butalsotounearth
thetreasureanduseittoplotthedestructionofthethreemen
responsibleforhisincarceration.Dumas'epictaleofsuffering
andretribution,inspiredbyareal-lifecaseofwrongful
imprisonment,wasahugepopularsuccesswhenitwasfirst
serialisedinthe1840s.
IamMalalaby
WhentheTalibantookcontroloftheSwatValleyinPakistan,
MalalaYousafzai, onegirlspokeout.MalalaYousafzairefusedtobesilencedand
ChristinaLamb
foughtforherrighttoaneducation.
OnTuesday,October9,2012,whenshewasfifteen,shealmost
paidtheultimateprice.Shewasshotintheheadatpoint-blank
rangewhileridingthebushomefromschool,andfewexpected
hertosurvive.
Instead,Malala'smiraculousrecoveryhastakenheronan
extraordinaryjourneyfromaremotevalleyinnorthern
PakistantothehallsoftheUnitedNationsinNewYork.At
sixteen,shehasbecomeaglobalsymbolofpeacefulprotestand
theyoungest-everNobelPeacePrizelaureate.
IAmMalalaistheremarkabletaleofafamilyuprootedby
globalterrorism,ofthefightforgirls'education,ofafather
who,himselfaschoolowner,championedandencouragedhis
daughtertowriteandattendschool,andofbraveparentswho
haveafiercelovefortheirdaughterinasocietythatprizes
sons.
IAmMalalawillmakeyoubelieveinthepowerofoneperson's
voicetoinspirechangeintheworld.
TheHunchbackof InthevaultedGothictowersofNotre-DamelivesQuasimodo,
NotreDameby
thehunchbackedbellringer.Mockedandshunnedforhis
VictorHugo
appearance,heispitiedonlybyEsmerelda,abeautifulgypsy
dancertowhomhebecomescompletelydevoted.Esmerelda,
however,hasalsoattractedtheattentionofthesinister
archdeaconClaudeFrollo,andwhensherejectshislecherous
approaches,Frollohatchesaplottodestroyherthatonly
Quasimodocanprevent.VictorHugo'ssensational,evocative
novelbringslifetothemedievalParisheloved,andmournsits
passinginoneofthegreatesthistoricalromancesofthe
nineteenthcentury.
AssignmentOptions
1. Drawamap:Thisassignmentrequiresstudentstodrawamapofthesetting
oftheirbookandlabel5importantplacesinthenovel.Mapsmaybeposter
sizeorsmaller,butshouldbeclearlylabeledanddetailed.
2. OneYearLater:Thisassignmentasksstudentstousetheirimaginationand
creativewritingabilitiestowriteashortstory(1-2pages)aboutacharacter
oneyearafterthenovelended.StoriesshouldbetypedandinMLAformat.
3. Interview:Thisassignmentrequiresthatstudentsknowthemaincharacter
well.Studentswillpretendtoprepareforaninterviewwiththeprotagonist
andcomeupwith5questionstheywouldliketoaskhim/her.
4. CoverDesign:Thisassignmentutilizesstudent’screativeabilities.Students
shouldredesignthecoverfortheirnovel.Keepinmindthatcoversentice
readers,butdonotgiveawaythestoryline.Coversshouldbeon8.5x11
piecesofpaperandadequatelydetailedwithtitleandauthor’sname.
5. LettertotheAuthor:Studentshavetheopportunitytoasktheauthor
whatevertheywantinthisassignment.Studentswritealettertotheauthor
oftheirnoveldiscussingthebookandaskingquestions.Lettersshouldbein
thecorrectformatandneatlytyped.
6. BookReview:Studentstakeontheroleofcriticinthisassignment.Abook
reviewprovidesashortsummary(1paragraph)WITHOUTgivingawaythe
endingaswellasacritique(2-3paragraphs).Reviewsshouldbetypedin
MLAformat.
7. PhotoCollage:Ifstudentschoosethisoption,itwillbetheonlyassignment
theyhavetodo!Studentswillcreateapostersizephotocollageoftheir
books.Collageshouldincludethefollowing:apictureofthecoversofthe
books,a2-3paragraphsummaryofeachbook,a1-2paragraphreviewof
eachbookaswellasanyotherpicturesthatstudentsfeeldisplaysthe
essenceofthenovel.Allthreebooksmaybedisplayedononeboard.